Download Spelling Expectations Year 5 Correct use and spelling of pronouns

Spelling Expectations Year 5
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Correct use and spelling of pronouns
Prefixes and suffixes
Further prefixes and
suffixes and understand
the guidance for adding
them.
observant, expectant,
tolerance, assistant,
innocent, referral,
reference.
Silent letters
Some words with ‘silent’
letters.
observant, expectant,
tolerance, assistant,
innocent, referral,
reference.
Homophones or nearhomophones
Homophones and other
words which are often
confused.
Suffixes ending in –sion
and -tion
Spelling errors using
prefixes and suffixes.
advice/advise
device/devise
licence/license
practice/practise
prophecy/prophesy
Endings which sound like division, invasion,
zhun
confusion, decision,
collision, television,
pronunciation.
Common errors in
disappear, disappoint,
prefixes and suffixes are beginning, business.
correctly spelt.
Words ending
in –able and
–ible
Words ending
in –ably and
–ibly
Use of the
Hyphen
Words with the
/i:/ sound spelt
ei after c
Words
containing the
letter-string
ough
Endings which
sound like /ʃəs/
spelt –cious or
–tious
If the –able ending is
added to a word
ending in –ce or –ge, the
e after the c
or g must be kept as
those letters.
Hyphens to be used to
join a prefix
to a root word, especially
if the prefix
ends in a vowel letter
and the root
word also begins with
one.
The ‘I’ before e except
after c’ rule
applies to words where
the sound
spelt by ei is /i:/
Exceptions: protein,
caffeine, seize
(and either and neither if
pronounced
with an initial /i:/ sound).
ough is one of the
trickiest spellings in
English – it can be used
to spell a
number of different
sounds.
adorable/adorably
applicable/applicably
dependable,
comfortable,
possible/possibly,
horrible/horribly
co-ordinate, re-enter,
co-operate, co-own
deceive, conceive,
receive,
perceive, ceiling
ought, bought, thought,
nought, brought, fought
rough, tough, enough
cough
though, although, dough
through
thorough, borough
plough, bough
If the root word ends in – vicious, precious,
ce, the /ʃ/
conscious, delicious,
sound is usually spelt as c malicious, suspicious
–
ambitious, cautious,
fictitious, infectious,
nutritious
Endings which
sound like /ʃəl/
–cial is common after a
vowel letter
and –tial after a
consonant letter, but
there are some
exceptions.
Exceptions: initial,
financial,
commercial, provincial.
official, special, artificial,
partial, confidential,
essential
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